Sunday, May 13, 2007

Thanks to a recent email, a reader of my blog pointed me to some new and updated drivers for your Motorola V3 RAZR phone. If you are looking to charge your Motorola cellular phone via USB for either Windows 2000, Windows XP Home, or Windows XP Professional -- then this article is for you.

Motorola has recently published on April 12, 2007 their own updated version of the USB drivers for the 32-bit edition of Windows 2000 and Windows XP on their MOTODEV website. While Motorola requires registration, it is an immediate confirmation and access to the page.

1. Visit the Motorola MOTODEV website and to the page for Motorola Handset USB Driver v2.7.6 for Windows (32-bit) OS here and download the drivers. The download file is called Handset_USB_Driver_32_v2.7.6.zip and contains the Microsoft Windows Installer file Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_2.7.6.msi.

2. Disconnect your Motorola V3 RAZR phone from the USB cable.

3. Double-click on the Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_2.7.6.msi file to start the installation of the USB driver software.

4. Click 'Next' on the screen for "Welcome to the Motorola Driver Installation Setup Wizard".

5. Select the 'I Agree' under the license agreement and click 'Next'.

6. The Motorola Driver Installation is being installed dialog installs the driver.

7. The installation completes and click on 'Close' to exist the installation.

8. Plug in your Motorola V3 RAZR phone and it should work with other USB services.

How ridiculous; all I want is to download some pictures from my phone to my Vista pc. But first I have to jump through hoops, register as a developer, give fiull personal details, to get the driver.Will not buy Motorola again.

You're right, it is a little bit crazy. Hopefully in the next release (Motorola V4?) that they will provide this in box with the units. Motorola has to build the software (Mobile Phone Tools - MPT) anyways, why not include it?

I downloaded it and my computer still is giving me problems about it. So I installed it and bla bla bla, but when I connect my phone to the computer it prompts me with the Found New Hardware and after I go through the whole process it says it failed to install because no driver software was found. Help!

It is a frustrating thing in this day and age to have to spend hours getting conectivity. I donloaded the file and installed them. got all the screens and when I plug the phone in get the audio that a device has been connected but that is all. The phone charges but what about transfurs? Where do I go to activate the connection as it does not show up as a devie in my computer, nor does it activate any pop up items. Cant find an Icon either.

When I connect my phone to the computer after installing the driver it prompts me with the Found New Hardware and after I go through the whole process it says it failed to install because no driver software was found. Can you tell me path to where the driver is saved so I can manually point it to the correct place?

I plugged my old generation Razr V3 into the USB port of my Windows Vista Ultimate machine and low and behold, Windows Update downloaded everything by itself! No need to go onto any web site or register anything...Try it (the phone must be on to work..)

Many thanks for the top tip, I hate having to install the whole suite just to charge the phone. Now I can charge my emergency spare V3 on the road (I must stop breaking my new phones and having to fall back on this old workhorse-LOL)

Doesn't anyone have a solution to help those who can't transfer files? Seems like the charging works fine but file transfers still don't work :/ which is kind of half the point of a phone-computer USB cable, isn't it?

I've done the installation, and can charge but not download pictures. So far my only option seems to be downloading a 14 day trial copy of SyncCell software from cdnet.com. Or downloading all to a card, sigh.